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Quintilian
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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M. Henry
That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it which will waste it. The same corrupt dispositions which incline men to sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.
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Lucan
Deep-seated are the wounds dealt in civil brawls.
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From the 1985 movie "Bliss"
The entire economy of the Western world is built on things that cause cancer.
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Marcel Proust
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting the best property of all -- friends?
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Henry Miller
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
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Jane Austen, from a letter to her niece, November 18, 1814
Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
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Robert Collyer
A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
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Ivan Pavlov
Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise.
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Joe Moore
A politician is a person who thinks twice before he says nothing.
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